Bodil Braendstrup


Biography

The Author

Born in Denmark, Bodil Braendstrup spent several years in France, USA and Canada. After a business career, she started writing books. Her first book was on combining career and private life, and cultural programming and personal identity.
Later on stories based on authentic people and events in 18th and 19th century Denmark based on personal diary by great-great-grandfather.
Finally biographical books covering World War II, post-war Europe, - Canada and the US from 1953.

Published Titles:

The Franzen-Trilogy
1. Frederik
2. Dear Great-Great-Grandfather
3. The Heavens above Borglum

Letters from America - Personal letters from emigrated Franzen-family.

ALBA Stories:
ALBA I - Smalltown Innocence
ALBA II - A Leap into Europe and the World
ALBA III - People & Places in North America
ALBA IV - The Ugly Side of a Good Cause

In Deep Waters - A Love Story

Where to find Bodil Braendstrup online


Where to buy in print


Books

In Deep Waters - a Love Story    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: $3.99 USD. 5610 words. Published on March 8, 2012. Fiction.

Frozen and emotionally starved in a "civilized" marriage, she suddenly is set free after her mother's death. Read about adventure and loyalty within very tight limits.
ALBA IV - The UGLY SIDE of a GOOD CAUSE    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: $3.99 USD. 7430 words. Published on March 5, 2012. Nonfiction.

Alba has now been away from home in 5 years. She discovers that what she thought was a good cause is turning ugly. She is stuck with controlling and manipulating people. See how she manages to get out - by playing their own game.
ALBA III - People & Places in North America    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: $3.99 USD. 9550 words. Published on March 4, 2012. Nonfiction.

Alba goes from Paris to Canada to save a small boy from his mother's indifference, and to escape from her own father's plans for her. From Canada on to more adventures in the United States.
ALBA II - A Leap into Europe and the World    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: $3.99 USD. 14380 words. Published on February 24, 2012. Nonfiction.

Continuing ALBA I - Smalltown Innocence, you can now follow Alba in what is still the beginning of her adult life. She lives in Paris and travels the country and Switzerland.
ALBA I - Smalltown Innocence    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: Free! 16380 words. Published on February 23, 2012. Nonfiction.

A story about a small Danish girl from the 1930ties through World War II and into Post-War Europe.
Letters from America    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: $2.99 USD. 6890 words. Published on February 22, 2012. Nonfiction.

Written by the 3 Ulstedlund-Brothers, who after the death of their mother emigrated from Denmark to Minnesota in 1878, 1882 and 1886.
The Heavens Above Borglum    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: $4.99 USD. 26480 words. Published on February 21, 2012. Nonfiction.

This story stretches from the first Anders Frantzen (1720-1798), a copy-holder under the estate of Borglum Kloster - to his grandson of the same name: Anders Jensen Franzen - who became a schoolmaster on the opposite coast of Northern Denmark. The slight and intelligent grandson develops a special passion for astronomy and in spite of powerty and tradition, he stears toward a different future.
Dear Great-Great-Grandfather - Letters between Past and Future    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: $3.99 USD. 13830 words. Published on February 21, 2012. Fiction.

Based on my Great-Great-Grandfather's diaries, this book is designed as a correspondance between him and the author. Read about his wife, his daughters and the other women around him from undramatic to wild and hotheaded women. He is now revealing his secrets.
Frederik - Fate of a Young Boy in 19th Century Denmark    by Bodil Braendstrup
Price: Free! 10280 words. Published on February 20, 2012. Nonfiction.

Frederik is born in the school of a small village in Northern Denmark. The story of Frederik was literally hidden in the schoolmaster's diary found by the author in 2006. Read about the mystery of Frederik's birth, the fate of his mother, and the role played by the school-master.

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